Thread: Total Engine Failure 2005 D3 TDV6

this thread is very interesting indeed..in fact it's very funny...

the parallels are just too much..let me explain

Here we are, all sitting around in the "virtual waiting room" making small talk while our cybermate Rdenyer is in consultation with the surgeon re. how good a transplant they can do, all the while waiting on the decision of the "health fund" a.k.a. LR Aust to see whether $$$ will be forthcoming for the D3 to receive a total new heart and live a reasonable life...

It's great to have friends wait with you....

continue...continue!

Any further news...?

Thanks to all those sitting around in the virtual waiting room waiting to hear the prognosis of my D3 engine.
LRA are sticking to their guns and are not willing to help, couple of issues that they say are my fault - service at non- LR dealer, and that when I had the D3 in at Alto for the Brake Booster recall, they mentioned that there was a noise that should be checked out. As I was not doing any major trips I figured that this could wait until the next service which is due now(won't be needed).

So I have sold one of the children off in to slavery and am about to part with a substantial amount of cash to get a new engine, up side is I get a 12 month 20k warranty on the engine.

Any one got any hints on things I should make sure they do while they are replacing the engine.

Things I have thought of are;
Auto trans major service
Replace all hoses
Full service of air-con, re-gas etc
As the body is coming off, would they do a general clean up of the chassis and re apply rust inhibitor ?

Any other suggestions

Regards,
Richard

You are entitled to take your vehicle to anyone for service provided it is serviced according to manufacturers recommendation.

What was the noise.
If there was a noise then it would have been failing.

A soliciors letter would get a different response. Especially as it is a known fil point and the spec has been changed.

The aircon will be regassed as it will be degassed when they remove the body.
I'm not sure chassis cleaning will be in their labour charge

Hi CaverD3, can you explain more by what you mean by "know fil point and the spec has been changed"

Noise wise, it sounded much more like an "old style diesel" - bit of a rattle. I figured that if the dealer service staff let me drive off, it was not that bad - maybe i was being bit naive.

This is a six year old vehicle and tbh I'm not surprised they're
not helping you out . Wrt the LR Dealership quip , that's just
an across the bow , for sour grapes . It wouldn't have made any
difference to their response , but while they had your attention .........
Good job you bought-up big on RIO and NAB last week to
pay for this It's alot of money . Goodluck with the rebuild
and future driving .

Sorry, typo.

Should be "fail" point. Spec change: The later D3 and D4 engines have different big end bearings and/or shims.